With more than 70 undergraduate and graduate programs, NEIU has about 12,000 students.
With more than 70 undergraduate and graduate programs, NEIU has about 12,000 students.

July 14, 2025
In 2024, 20,166 H-1B petitions were filed by employers located in Illinois, as per data provided by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services via the H-1B Employers Data Hub.
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March 26, 2025
In 2024, 98.7% of H-1B petitions filed by employers in Illinois were approved, according to data from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services via the H-1B Employer Data Hub.
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October 15, 2024
College tuition fees rose 2.5% in Illinois in the 2022-23 school year, according to the latest disclosure from the National Center for Education Statistics.
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November 20, 2017
There are 25,114 international students attending Illinois’ 12 public universities on federal student visas, according to a Prairie State Wire analysis of F-1 visa data obtained from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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